UEFA Champions & Europa League 2014-15 Season Thread

[Fernando]

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Champions League Round of 16 Draw

PSG vs Chelsea
Man City vs Barcelona
Bayer Leverkusen vs Atletico Madrid
Juventus vs Dortmund
Schalke vs Real Madrid
Shaktar Donetsk vs Bayern Munich
Arsenal vs Monaco
Basel vs Porto


Arsenal - Monaco
Celtic - Inter Milan
Chelsea - PSG
Everton - Young Boys
Hull - OUT
Liverpool - OUT of CL dropped into Europa League - Besiktas
Man City - Barcelona
Man Utd - Swansea 21st February (It's about as close to European football as your getting this year) 
Tottenham - Fiorentina

[Guest]

embarrassing

[NickisBHAFC]

Lolz City just can't handle Europe!

[kingraf]

I told you so!

[NickisBHAFC]

1-0 Chelsea. Goalscorer Remy of minutes later.

[Guest]

Nani has scored

[Guest]

Bayern have decided to not mess about tonight. Game over in Rome.

[kingraf]

Called it at the time, but Citeh really should have shown more ambition in the Munich game. Won't have a better time to play Munich

[Guest]

How's the OAP Ashley Cole & Yanga-Mbiwa doing tonight?

[NickisBHAFC]

John Terry what a man. Chelsea have it in the bag now.

[mystiroakey]

What the heck happened to city. But omg. Bayern flipping munich.. Unreal score line..

City could still get out that group.

[Guest]

AS ROMA 0-5 BAYERN MUNICH - 36 MINUTES GONE

[mystiroakey]

I told you so!

Erm. Strange game. They shouldn't have lost it. But fair play you did.

[kingraf]

I swear playing without a system and having whoever's closest do something on defense is the way forward.

[mystiroakey]

Bayern on another planet.. Roma can't be that bad. But if they are I can see city going through second. So good signs.

[NickisBHAFC]

Donetsk 6-0 up!

[The Special Juan]

Steve Clarke's looking a bit rough these days.

[NickisBHAFC]

4-0 Chelsea. They will obviously do the best out of all English sides.

[kingraf]

I swear, Neuer is Jesus

[The Special Juan]

Do these cretins have nothing better to do than sing about Gerrard? You'd think they won the title.

[kingraf]

I think that's the best goal they've scored tonight

[NickisBHAFC]

5-0 Chelsea. 

Eye catching latest score, Porto 2-1 Bilbao.

[kingraf]

Jesus 7-1

[mystiroakey]

7-1 all over again.....

[NickisBHAFC]

Chelsea 6 up and Shaktar 7 up.

[mystiroakey]

Barca laboured a bit considering the other results..

But I think when Suraez comes along all this talk of neymar will disappear. He will steal the show..


If any team bar Chelsea, Madrid, barca or Madrid win this tourny I will eat my hat.. And I can't see past Bayern . Beating good teams 7-1 away is crazy..

[JDizzle]

Only caught the last 25 minutes or so of the Chels game, but I really like Ake every time I see him play. He's just nice and tidy on the ball, always seems comfortable. Even if it was only Maribor. Good to see Solanke get on too, even if he didn't really get in to the game.

[Fernando]

Anderlecht: Proto; Vanden Borre, Mbemba, Deschacht, Najar; Tielemans, Defour; Acheampong, Praet, Conte; Cyriac.

Subs: Roef, Colin, Kljestan, Dendoncker, Suarez, Kabasele, Mitrovic.

Arsenal: Martinez, Chambers, Mertesacker, Monreal, Gibbs; Flamini; Sanchez, Wilshere, Ramsey, Cazorla; Welbeck.

Subs: Huddart, Bellerin, Rosicky, Arteta, Ox, Podolski, Campbell.

LIVERPOOL: Mignolet, Johnson, Skrtel, Lovren, Moreno, Gerrard, Allen, Henderson, Coutinho, Sterling, Balotelli. Subs: Jones, Toure, Manquillo, Can, Lallana, Markovic, Lambert.

REAL MADRID: Casillas, Arbeloa, Varane, Pepe, Marcelo, Kroos, Modric, Rodriguez, Isco, Ronaldo, Benzema. Subs: Navas, Khedira, Hernandez, Carvajal, Nacho, Illarra, Medran.

[kingraf]

Decent enough line up. Much prefer Isco as an impact player as he always feels the need to take out two then three and for good measure four players out before he passes, which is always easier to do later on, but he'll do. Still, can't take anything for granted, it's Anfield on a European night, 'Pool are very capable of turning up and making a fist of it. Backing Ronaldo to score two at 7/1, my first bet in a long time

[kingraf]

*at least two

[Gerry SA]

Do Sky Sports actually pay Graeme Souness for his 'punditry' ?

Souness is convinced on James Rodriguez because his mate who's a reporter said James isn't very good...

Souness admitted he'd never seen James live.

[Stella]

Do Sky Sports actually pay Graeme Souness for his 'punditry' ?

Souness is convinced on James Rodriguez because his mate who's a reporter said James isn't very good...

Souness admitted he'd never seen James live.

Reminds me of the time he signed a player because a mate said he was good. Turned out he wasn't.

[Gerry SA]

Do Sky Sports actually pay Graeme Souness for his 'punditry' ?

Souness is convinced on James Rodriguez because his mate who's a reporter said James isn't very good...

Souness admitted he'd never seen James live.

Reminds me of the time he signed a player because a mate said he was good. Turned out he wasn't.

Andy Todd IIRC

[Gerry SA]

Real Madrid playing a 4/5/1

I'd rather Ancelotti picked Khedira or Illarramendi instead of Isco as part of the three central midfielders

[compelling and rich]

viva ronaldo!!

my ronaldo real to win bet is looking good

[Fernando]

2-0 Benzema

[Fernando]

3-0 Benzema

Shambles defending

[Lowlandbrit]

Imagine how much worse this would seem if Bayern hadn't thumped Roma last night.

[compelling and rich]

and to think we get abuse for being rubbish at the back!!

at least we now know why mario doesn't pass, because he cant

[kingraf]

If Liverpool was called Atletico Higadopiscina club de futbol, I can guarantee there'd be 100 smart mouths bemoaning the quality of opposition...

[Duty281]

Shambolic defending at times by Liverpool, but exquisite passing and tempo from Madrid.

So delightful to watch from a footballing sense; and well done to the referee for letting the game flow so nicely.

[GSC]

A very rude reminder to how far Liverpool have fallen off the top of Europe. Basel in the last game looms large

[Fernando]

Be interesting to see if Madrid pull people off with El Classico on Saturday could make an interesting 2nd half if do that.

[Duty281]

Basel are down to ten men with the score locked at 0-0, so there is an oasis of hope for Liverpool in the otherwise barren desert.

[Fernando]

Mario being lambasted for swapping shirts at HT

[GSC]

Be interesting to see if Madrid pull people off with El Classico on Saturday could make an interesting 2nd half if do that.

With Kroos they won't need to run.

I see Scapegoat Balo 2014 is in full swing.

[kingraf]

Now for some positivity - the last time Pool conceded three before half time was Istanbul 2005.

[GSC]

[Hammersmith harrier]

A very rude reminder to how far Liverpool have fallen off the top of Europe. Basel in the last game looms large

Don't even think it's that, they were never great a few years back but had a manager in Benitez who tended to get it tactically spot on in Europe and could drill a defence into, well, defending.

[kingraf]

I wouldn't put too much money into Liverpool leaving Ludo with three points.

[GSC]

They had the best forward in the world, prime Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, a strong defense, good Reina.

Benitez had a tendency to get it right in Europe granted, but that team were no mugs

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